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Computers at Stanford and UCLA
Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected the first hosts on what would one day become the internet. [Stanford and UCLA -
AN Arpenet network was established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created. (http://www.timetoast.com) [AN Arpanet] -
Email was first developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name)
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The beginning of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network", which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP). (http://www.timetoast.com) -
The first Personal Computer Modem is Invented
The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists.
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Spam is born
The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk.
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MUD
The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon). MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. (http://www.timetoast.com) [MUD] -
The first emoticon :-)
The first emoticon was used While many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by MacKenzie. Emoji -
(DNS) was created
The domain name system was important in that it made addresses on the Internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts. DNS servers allowed Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automatically. DNS -
World Wide Web protocols
World Wide Web protocols finished The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs. World wide web -
First web page created 1991
First web page created 1991 brought some major innovations to the world of the Internet. The first web page was created and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was. (http://www.timetoast.com)
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Internetworking Introduced to Japan
Dr. Haruhisa Ishida introduces UNIX computing and the concept of internetworking to Japan. (http://www.internethalloffame.org/internet-history/timeline) [Japan gets internet] -
MP3 Is Developed
Brandenburg and his team settle on a file extension for the audio format, shortening MPEG1, Layer 3 to MP3. (http://www.internethalloffame.org/internet-history/timeline) [mp3] -
Yahoo! is created
Yahoo had grown into a directory of 10,000 sites and was getting more than 100,000 unique visitors a day. (http://www.internethistorypodcast.com/2015/03/on-the-20th-anniversary-the-history-of-yahoos-founding/) [Yahoo!] -
Email Surpasses Postal Mail
There is more email than postal mail in the U.S., and Brewster Kahle founds the Internet Archive, a free digital library with a mission to provide “universal access to all knowledge.” (http://www.internethalloffame.org/internet-history/timeline) [Email-Post mail] -
Vixie Creates MAPS
Vixie creates the first anti-spam company MAPS (Mail Abuse Prevention System). (http://www.internethalloffame.org/internet-history/timeline) [MAPS] -
Google is invented
Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page created Google in order to organize information on the Internet and help users find the information they were looking for. (https://www.reference.com/history/google-invented-36dd94c6dd6a8dd7) [Google] -
Nii Quaynor Brings Internet to Africa
Professor Nii Quaynor, known as Africa’s ‘Father of the Internet,’ convenes the first training workshop for the African Network Operators’ Group. His efforts have a profound impact on the continent’s Internet growth (http://www.internethalloffame.org/internet-history/timeline) [Africa gets internet] -
itunes
Apple® today introduced iTunes, the world’s best and easiest to use “jukebox” software that lets users create and manage their own music library on their Mac®. (https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2001/01/09Apple-Introduces-iTunes-Worlds-Best-and-Easiest-To-Use-Jukebox-Software.html) [iTunes] -
Wikepedia is created
Wikipedia, free Internet-based encyclopaedia, started in 2001, that operates under an open-source management style. It is overseen by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wikipedia) [Wikipedia] -
Google Chrome
Google released its second web browser yesterday afternoon, adding additional headroom for web applications stretching the limits of what it’s possible to accomplish within a web browser. (http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/2008/09/google-chrome.html) [Chrome]
